Legal Opinion
Giles v. Rhodes
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 26, 2001No. 94 CIV. 6385(CSH)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HAIGHT, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiff brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking compensation for injuries he claims he sustained from the defendants’ use of excessive force against him on July 23, 1991, while plaintiff was an inmate at Sing Sing prison. Following a jury verdict in the defendants’ favor, plaintiff moves for judgment as a matter of law (“JMOL”) pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(b) or, alternatively, for a new trial pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(a). For the reasons that follow, the motion is denied in its entirety.
DISCUSSION
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